And in every province where the letters were published, [there was] crying and lamentation and great mourning on the part of the Jews: they spread for themselves sackcloth and ashes.
KJV
Esther 4:3
And in every province, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
Parallel Translations
And in every province where the letters were published, [there was] crying and lamentation and great mourning on the part of the Jews: they spread for themselves sackcloth and ashes.
In every province, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
Cross References
Isaiah 22:12Daniel 9:3Isaiah 58:5Esther 4:16Esther 3:12Isaiah 37:1–3Isaiah 22:41 Samuel 4:13–14Matthew 25:30Matthew 22:13Matthew 13:421 Samuel 11:4Esther 1:1
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